End closure for sausage casings
US4500574A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 4, 1983 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/1324
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A strand of sausage casing is closed at one end by an end closure formed by coating the inner surface of an end portion with adhesive and crimping opposite sides together to form a seal, a restricted air passage being left through the seal. The strand is preferably a shirred strand of a thin-walled collagen sausage casing, the adhesive being collagen hydrolysate and the seal being heated during the crimping. A method of, and apparatus for, end-closing a strand of sausage casing are described.
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